Hannah Eliza Jane Brenkley (1882 - 1973) (nee Hopkins) was a New Zealand artist and craftswoman. She was born in Norsewood, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand. Her parents were Scandinavian and had immigrated on board the Hovding. When she was five years old, she started sketching; a family member gave her a paint set and she began to paint in watercolours of landscapes, flowers and herbs. She never formally studied art or painting, but became a sought-after artist.

When she was 18, she married sawmiller Thomas Brenkley. The couple lived most of their lives on their dairy farm in the Norsewood-Ormondville area and raised 10 children.

Brenkley was also a wood carver and produced domestic items such as tables, fire screens, umbrella stands, bookends, paperknives, breadboards, decorated boxes and eggcups. These were created with a pocketknife and paintbrush. Brenkley admired Maori culture and many of her items feature artistic more...

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A Jane Brenkley Maori folk art side table. The rectangular top…

Maori Carved Side Table, 1942

A Jane Brenkley Maori folk art side table. The rectangular top with highly detailed carving depicting a man, woman and dog in the foreground, and a lake scene in the mid ground. Carved figural central column and stepped base. Signed and dated 1942. Height…

A Jane Brenkley folk art carved Maori design pedestal side…

Maori Design Pedestal Side Table by Jane Brenkley (1949)

A Jane Brenkley folk art carved Maori design pedestal side table, the oval top with five figures a dog and a pig to the foreground, a lake with waka and background with a carved pataka storehouse beyond; raised on upon a figural column from a stepped…

A Jane Brenkley carved box, the exterior carved and painted…

Rose Carved Box by Jane Brenkley (1955)

A Jane Brenkley carved box, the exterior carved and painted with roses, the interior lined with paper, photos and the usual carved verse and picture to the lid, signed and dated 1955. 26.5 cm x 21.5 cm x 18 cm.

A Jane Brenkley carved box, the exterior carved and painted…

Rose Carved Box by Jane Brenkley (1955)

A Jane Brenkley carved box, the exterior carved and painted with roses, the interior lined with wallpaper, photos and the usual carved verse and picture to the lid, signed and dated 1955. 33 cm x 21 cm x 15 cm.

Jane Brenkley folk art carved Maori design pedestal side table,…

Maori Design Carved Pedestal Side Table by Jane Brenkley

Jane Brenkley folk art carved Maori design pedestal side table, the oval top with two women performing a hongi, a dog beside and with distant whare with further figures within a bush and lake landscape, coloured highlights, signed and dated 1944 upon a…

Jane Brenkley folk art carved Maori scenic pedestal side table,…

Maori Scenic Pedestal Side Table by Jane Brenkley (1944)

Jane Brenkley folk art carved Maori scenic pedestal side table, the oval top including eight figures and a dog in a lake landscape with canoe and whare, highlighted in colours and signed and dated 1944, the stylised Maori figured stand carved and pierced,…

Jane Brenkley kauri table the surface carved with Maori scene…

Maori Scene Kauri Table by Jane Brenkley (1942)

Jane Brenkley kauri table the surface carved with Maori scene beside river on standing tiki support, signed -Jane Brinkley- & dated -1942-, 35 x 60 x 59 cm

Jane Brenkley carved and painted Maori decorated pedestal table,…

Maori Decorated Pedestal Table by Jane Brenkley (1947)

Jane Brenkley carved and painted Maori decorated pedestal table, the oval top with Maori figures and whare in a treed landscape, a seated dog included, geometric carved Maori edge, the pedestal has a double-sided Maori stylised figure on a stepped…

A Jane Brenkley pokerwork table, the top with a New Zealand…

Jane Brenkley Pokerwork Table with New Zealand Landscape

A Jane Brenkley pokerwork table, the top with a New Zealand landscape scene and central Kea. The column and base carved with New Zealand flora. signed Jane Brenkley 1944. Old split to base, slight warp to top. Height 59 cm. Width 43 cm. Depth 37 cm